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The Commoner.
The Commoner.
Somehow or other the old adage about it be
ing "the hurt pig that squeals" is recalled to
mind by all this 'fierce denunciation of General
Miles by tho administration press.
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THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb.
Tho beof trust appears to enjoy paying divi
dends on its injunctions.
Improved public highways mean improved
social and business conditions.
While pointing to Manchuria do not forget
that Russia already has nine, points.
A live democratic club in every voting pre
cinct means a victory for tho principles of true
democracy.
They may boost Mr. Cleveland as much as
they will, but the scent of that bond deal will
cling to him still.
Tho price of beef is back to tho old high
water mark, and the injunction is exhibiting a
choice assortment of dents.
It seems that Attorney Tyner beat tho post
master general to the proof. The trouble is that
Tyner's grab means its suppression.
While William and Edward were indulging
in osculatory salutations neither one called a
halt on the building of bigger warships.
Perhaps Mr. Morgan believes that a little
more high tariff pepsin would assist in the as
similation of those undigested securities.
Among other exhibits at the St. Louis exposi
tion should be the chrome-colored canine that
pu the magnificent General Corbin to flight
Are the people to understand that Tyner was
not pried loose until after he had been given
ample opportunity to get away with the proof?
w Mri GleY?lan(l Is tne only living ex-president,
but in less than two years from now he will no
bo so lonesome if Joyal democrats will do their
This desire for four years more of Grover
expressed by eastern, financial interests, may be
due to a desire for another chance at financing
a bond issue. fa
Somohow or other the spectacle of Philadel
phia mourning because of corruption in other
municipalities reminds us very much of satan
weeping over sin.
Tho Subscribers' Advertising Department of
fors exceptional opportunities for publicity to sub
scribers who may have meritorious articles for
sale or exchange.
The Brooklyn Eagle proceeds upon the theory
that tho rank and file of the democratic partv
do not think. Tho Eagle is due for a pair of
badly clipped wings.
It seems that those Illinois corporations mad.
a grave mistake by not doing as tho Nebraska
corporations did and making sure of- their legis
lature before electing it
Did President Roosevelt while in Arizona
and New Mexico take occasion to explain tho
plank in the republican national platform pledg
ing statehood to the territories?
President Baer predicts further labor trouble
in tho anthracite coal regions. Having both tho
desire and ability to bring it about President Baer
is not necessarily a prophet
Governor Odell's pro-trust speech did not
arouse even a semblance of interest It is too
generally understood that that is just what Gov
ernor Odell was elected for.
Every club organized for the preservation and
promulgation of democratic principles is an added
assurance that democracy is not to bo delivered
bound into the hands of selfish interests.
It is not believed that General Miles had any
idea that his report on the Philippine situation
would please those who are interested in keeping
the people in ignorance of the real situation "in
those islands.
The gold organs are straining themselves to
convince their readers that the enhanced price of
silver is in no wise due to the government's de
mand for the metal on account of the new Phil
ippine coinage.
The difference between expansion, under Thorn
as Jefferson and expansion under a republicau
administration is the difference between self
government and government without the consent
of the governed.
It is said that the robin is the president's
favorite bird. Something with a similar sound is
also quite a favorite with certain interests that
always look to the president's party for help, and
are never disappointed.
Policy gamblers of Chicago dynamited the
church wherein a colored pastor preached against
tho gambling evil. Perhaps the pastor was too
strenuous. Ho might have tried securing an in
junction againBt the gamblers.
The Nashville American proposes St. Clai
McKelway for president. St. Clair McKelway is
editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, the organ of tho
Cleveland rojuvenators. Thus may be located
three of the tailors of Tooley street.
The administration seems inclined to say the
same thing about conditions in the postofflce de
partment that it says concerning conditions in
the Philippines, and to denounce as traitors all
who are not content with the explanation.
The president spent so much time talking
about Irrigation while in Arizona and New Mexico
that his train was always pulled out of tho sta
tion just as he was about to say a few words
concerning the pledge to confer statehood.
, Now 8lncef ,the Mueller bill has passed, the
Chicago Chronicle may feel that it has a cause of
SiCf ??Inst he state as wel1 as against the
city of Chicago but it can't feel any worse toward
the city and the state than its readers feel to
ward it
A. reader of The Commoner asks where lie can
obtain a copy of Adam Smith's "Wealth of Na
tions. Any person having a copy for sale, or
X5!S!SoC any ,recent ?dition wI" confer a
Sft HE? iSS? en(!uIreiby dropping a postal card
with the information to Lock Box 221, Craw
lord, Nob.
ouA Colorad reader ot The Commoner calls
attention to the editorial page of the Los An
geles Daily Times of May 2P Tt luteins Sn edI
SSfthSS ?!E ihinP of Cleveland and un
iinl K g80f,th! real democrats and then, to
?ZQ stan?Pint from which it views the
subject, presents on the same page a cartoon
which exhibits its hostility to organized labor
No wonder that Mr. Cleveland gednd mention
from the leading republican papers. Tho same
financial influences control the great dallies on
both sides of the party line-in fact, the party
line is always obscured wherever financial in
terests are concerned
.VOLUME 3, NUMBER 17.
Mr. Cleveland's position reminds the Houston
Post of the bereaved Vidow. "I shall nevac
marry again." "I do not believe the man lives
whom I would marry." "0, this, is so sudden!"
If the Boston Herald knows as little of tho
political history of the country as it does of tho
political history of Nebraska it should take a kin
dergarten course in politics before undertaking
to discuss questions of political import.
The professional benefit for Miss Clara Mor
ris was a deserved tribute to an American actress
who has done much to make the stage better,
and whose domestic life has been an Inspiration
to her fellow workers in the theatrical profession.
The management of the St Louis exposition
purposes reproducing the United States in mina
ture on a plat of ground embracing about ten
acres. It would be cheaper to secure the presence
of Mr. Morgan and let the people examine his
pockets.
Senator Allison declares that the policy of
reciprocity is not to be abandoned by the republi
can party. Certainly not The g. o. p. always
finds use for such things when the time comes to
deceive a people who seem to delight in-being
deceived.
A subscriber asks: "Of what state was Pro
fessor Henry Dudley Teeter a native; where did
he most distinguish himself, and, it still living,
what is his present address?" The Commoner
would be glad to receive answers to these
queries.
The federal authorities raided a printing
plant in Chicago the other day on suspicion that
it was a gambling concern because it printed
stock certificates in a mining concern. The news
paper guessing lottery still goes marching on,
however.
President David M. Parry of the Manufao
turers' association is suffering from bad dreamsr
He thinks it is very wrong for workingmen to
organize to protect themselves against the aggres
sions of such organizations as that over which
he presides.
A reader of The Commoner asks whether tho
nation has reached the zenith in matters of edu
cation. There ought to be no zenith, as that
term is used, in matters of education. It ought
to be a continual growth and development to
ward better things and better methods.
Omaha affords the latest example of govern
ment by injunction. After enjoining the team-
sters' union from continuing its organization, how
ever, the judge" saw a glimmer of light and modi
fied the order.' This is reassuring as it shows
that even federal judges can see some things that
are beneficial to laboring men.
Referring to the 600 boxes of specie shipped
by this government to the Philippines the Kansas
City World remarks that "this is hardly an even
exchange for the 6,000 or more boxes of a differ
ent kind shipped home from the Philippines -during
the last four years." The World should be
prepared to be denounced by '"commercial in
terests" that object to any and all references to!
coin and corpses in the same paragraph.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal says that
General Miles betrayed General Custer and that
"the story of Miles' treachery is still fresh in
the minds of many." The Commercial Appeal
still further asserts that Miles deserted Custer
and that the subsequent massacre of Custer" and
his command was due to Miles' desertion. The
Memphis Commercial Appeal is getting its history,
mixed up with its imagination and telescopes its
veracity with its prejudices.
cJf Chicago Chronicle is already shedding
some tears over what it calls the danger of a bolt
lQ!2fe,the reorSanIzers capture the democrats
national convention. Once moro we are re-
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